The man behind the curtain: A new report exposes how George Soros’ propaganda machine has corrupted the media
https://www.rt.com/news/571293-man-who-bends-arcs/

Meanwhile in the upside-down world of the delusional West:

“Ban on Russian media protects ‘freedom of expression’ – Borrell”. In other words, according to J.Borrell, censorship is freedom of speech. “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”. Mr.Borrell’s “beautiful garden” seems more & more like Orwellian world"
https://twitter.com/EmbassyofRussia/status/1625113576640856074

Just an ordinary seventh grade textbook on the history of Ukraine:

"The earliest period in Ukrainian history began around 140 thousand years ago." Despite the fact that Homo sapiens did not appear until 40 thousand years ago.

The textbook's author has a vivid imagination)

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🇷🇺🇧🇩Rosatom finds alternative route to deliver cargo to NPP in Bangladesh
It is added that the actions of the Bangladeshi authorities will not affect the construction of the nuclear power plant
MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. Construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant (NPP) in Bangladesh is on schedule and cargo is being delivered there using an alternative route, the press service of Rosatom nuclear corporation said on Tuesday.

"Construction of the NPP continues in accordance with the current schedule," the Russian state-run corporation said. "An alternative route for the delivery of cargo to the Rooppur NPP worksite has been found and is being utilized at the moment," Rosatom said.

Regional mass media reported earlier that Bangladesh had joined US and EU sanctions against Russian vessels and banned dozens of Russian ships from calling its ports.

The actions of the Bangladeshi authorities will not affect the construction of the nuclear power plant, Rosatom told TASS. "We are unaware of the causes and problems of vessels you have mentioned. As regards deliveries of equipment for the NPP, we have a single case when a logistical company delivering cargo to Bangladesh faced a restriction when calling the port," the corporation added.

Press review: Airborne objects raising US-China tensions and Kiev vows 'strong message'
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, February 14th

🇷🇺🇺🇸Comment by the Russian Embassy in the USA

We took notice of the absurd statements of State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, who had accused our country of «forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children» to the territory of the Russian Federation.

❗️In this regard we remind that Russia accepted children who had been forced to flee with their families from the shelling and atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We do our best to keep minors in families, and in case of absence or death of parents and relatives - to transfer orphans under guardianship. We ensure the protection of their lives and well-being.

☝️Instead of politicized insinuations the State Department should have given adequate assessment of the actions of the Kiev regime that kills and injures children in the course of the conflict. In the past year alone, 153 children were killed and 279 were wounded in the Donbass. By using Western weapons, including U.S. HIMARS rocket systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine target civilian infrastructure - schools, kindergartens and hospitals. These facts are shamelessly silenced by Washington for the sake of whitewashing itself and denigrating Russia.

🇫🇷"Let's get out of NATO!"

"No missiles for Ukraine!"

Shout tens of thousands of people in the streets of Paris ...but the media doesn't want you to know.

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Nazis are not found in Ukraine only: yesterday neo-Nazi thugs marched in Spain in memory of the Spanish fascists who fought against the Soviet Union in the Nazi army as part of the 250th "Blue" Spanish division.

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Propaganda and manipulation in the West

Media manipulation is a series of related techniques by which people create an image or argument to suit their own interests. Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies, manipulation, outright deception (disinformation), rhetorical and propaganda techniques, suppression of other points of view by pushing them off the information agenda, causing people to stop listening to certain topics, or simply diverting attention to something else. Many of the more modern techniques of media manipulation are variations of the “distraction” technique and assume that audiences have limited attention spans.

❗️Lavrov: Russia Preparing Special UNSC Meeting on Nord Stream Pipelines Attack

⚡️Lavrov: Russia’s Updated Foreign Policy Concept to Focus on Suspending West’s Monopoly

Russia ready to cooperate with Western representatives interested in dialogue — Lavrov

Russia’s foreign policy has strategic nature — Lavrov

West aims to surround Russia with 'sanitary cordon', making it 'rogue country' — Lavrov

❗️We Stand for Multipolar World - Russian FM Lavrov

Sergey Lavrov has stressed that defending Russian citizens is a top priority, including Russian language. Here are some of the key points raised by the Foreign Minister at 'Government Hour' in Moscow:

📍China has stressed need to ensure global security
📍Russia's priority is boosting co-operation with partners - more than 28 integration programmes underway
📍Building partnerships in line with UN Charter, nations across Africa, Latin America, Arab world co-operate with Russia
📍Russia contributed to decolonisation process of Asia and Africa
📍Switching to national currency trade

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Press review: NATO holds back on jets for Kiev and EU adds Russia to tax haven blacklist
Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, February 15th

Lavrov: "Our foreign policy concept for diplomacy contains the main goal – to create the most favorable conditions for the development of the country, improving its security and improving the welfare of citizens. Some critical voices, which are heard inside the country, but mostly abroad, where the leadership of the non-systemic opposition has gone, tell us that you have set a goal to create favorable external conditions, but these conditions have destroyed and created the most unfavorable conditions for our development. This is from their point of view, from the point of view of comfort, Western goods in the form of Starbucks and McDonald's, yes, probably their life has become less carefree. But the overwhelming majority of our citizens do not want to rejoice in external conditions that deprive us of independence."

🗓 The 1st ASEAN-Russia Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation was held virtually on 14 February, 2023 under Brunei's 🇧🇳 and Russia's 🇷🇺 co-chairmanship. It became the first event of such a high level in 26 years in the area of scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and ASEAN.

💬 Airat Gatiyatov, Acting Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia: “The development of the sphere of science, technology and innovation is an important vector of Russian state policy. <...> We are convinced that it will become not only a new large-scale stage in the scientific and technological development of our country, but also a platform for building up cooperation between Russia and ASEAN.”

H.E. Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhari Mustafa, Brunei's Minister of Transport and Infocommunications, addressed delegates with a welcoming speech. ASEAN Secretary General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn and Russia's Ambassador to ASEAN Alexander Ivanov also spoke at the meeting. They recalled the milestones and achievements of ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Relations, including the 5th Anniversary of the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership in 2023.

The Ministers summed up the results of the Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation-2022 and outlined priority areas for cooperation under the framework of the ASEAN-Russia Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation for 2016-2025.

🤝 As part of the Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation, 52 initiatives have been successfully implemented, covering biotechnology; food security and sustainable agriculture; microelectronics and information technology; environmental management; energy technology and renewal energy; space technology and application; nuclear technology; high-tech health care and many more.

The Ministerial Meeting was the final event of the Russia-ASEAN Year of Scientific and Technical Cooperation, which was announced at the initiative of the Russian Side during the Commemorative 4th ASEAN-Russia Summit in 2021.

📂 We've gathered a brief dossier with some of the hard facts of manifestations of neo-Nazism and Russophobia in Ukraine and Western countries.

The dossier comprises:

◽️ Reaction of the Russian Side to manifestations of neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism and Russophobia.
◽️ Examples of statements by Ukrainian officials in support of the Nazis, OUN-UPA, collaborationism, anti-Russian and Russophobic remarks.
◽️ Examples of glorification of Nazism and the war on monuments in Ukraine.
◽️ Cases of destruction of Soviet memorial heritage in Europe.
◽️ Examples of Western politicians comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler.
◽️ Instances of Russophobic statements by members of the Western political establishment and evidence of Russophobia in the digital environment.
◽️ Cases of Russophobia involving Russians and their foreign-based property since March 2022.

👉 Read in full

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh criticized US mainstream media for not running a word about his investigative piece on the Biden administration's alleged sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.

💬 "Neither paper has run a word at this point about the pipeline story, not even to quote the White House’s denial of my reporting. Similarly, public calls by officials in Russia and China for a full investigation of the pipeline story have been ignored by the US media," Hersh said.

Still, the pieces he wrote eventually found their way to mainstream media in the US and around the world, the journalist noted. Hersh worked as a long-time reporter for The New York Times, and The Washington Post ran a long magazine profile of him more than two decades ago.

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